Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling BA 8
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue-veined cheeses like Roquefort, tarte tatin, or seared foie gras with spiced apple reduction.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched upon steep, south-facing Devonian blue and grey slate terraces, the Wolfer Goldgrube yields noble rot selections of profound concentration. Cultivated from ancient, ungrafted vines, the botrytised berries undergo manual selective harvesting before a gentle pressing. Fermentation proceeds spontaneously via indigenous yeasts in neutral vessels, capturing unctuous residual sugars balanced against razor-like Mosel acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2000 by the late Swiss visionary Daniel Vollenweider, Weingut Vollenweider played a pivotal role in revitalizing the forgotten, precipitously steep slopes of the Middle Mosel. Vollenweider began with just over one hectare in the historic Wolfer Goldgrube, salvaging centenarian, ungrafted Riesling vines trained in the traditional Mosel single-pole system. Following Vollenweider's passing in 2022, partner Moritz Hoffmann assumed leadership, maintaining heroic viticultural standards and securing certified organic status. Terroir here is dominated by weathered Devonian blue and grey slate forming a natural south-facing amphitheater overlooking the Mosel River. In the cellar, non-interventionist philosophies prevail: hand-harvested fruit undergoes spontaneous native-yeast fermentation in neutral oak casks and stainless steel, followed by extended lees aging. The estate's benchmark bottlings—such as the Wolfer Goldgrube Trocken, parcel selections like Unterste Jonpfad, and crystalline Prädikat expressions—are celebrated for their taut structural tension, electrifying natural acidity, deep mid-palate density, and profound slate salinity.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
6.5% - 8.5%